CTO News
CW 2026: Sharon Banfield-Bovell, Director, Resource Mobilization & Development, CTO
Interviewed by Justin Cooke
CW 2026: Dona Regis-Prosper, Secretary General and CEO, Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)
Interviewed by Justin Cooke
Saint Lucia to Host First CTO Latin American Market Summit
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) announced that Saint Lucia will host the inaugural CTO Latin American Market Summit next year on May 5-6, 2027. The announcement was made this week at World Travel Market (WTM) Latin America in Brazil.
CTO to Launch Groundbreaking Tourism Intelligence Award at SOTIC 2025
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will unveil a landmark regional honor — the Caribbean Tourism Intelligence Award — at this year’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC), underscoring the region’s push toward knowledge-led growth and evidence-based policy.
BTN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS from State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) 2023
BTN was live on the ground and has exclusive interviews with industry leaders from The CTO State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC), this is the Caribbean’s premier forum for the presentation and exploration of the major issues impacting the development of the sector in the region.
Minister Of Tourism Josephine Connolly Presents At CTO’s Destination Media Briefings
Josephine Connolly, the Turks and Caicos Islands’ Minister of Tourism, recently attended the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO’s) Business Meetings and Caribbean Tourism Youth Congress at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Grand Cayman – the first major in-person events for the CTO since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
World-first as Cyprus’s hotels take on new sustainability standards
For the first time in any destination, mandatory sustainability standards for hotel establishments have been approved by the CTO. This means every hotel operating in Cyprus must now take action to protect the environment and support their local community.
UNWTO and CTO strengthen partnership
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their collaboration in promoting the tourism sector in the region as a key driver of sustainable development.
Africa tourism ministers meet Caribbean Tourism Organization officials
Minister Walter Mzembi, the Zimbabwe Minister responsible for Tourism, and Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, met with Carol Hay of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) in Madrid yesterday. The meeting took place at the Seychelles stand at FITUR, the tourism trade fair of Spain.
CTO establishes dedicated aviation committee
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation, the international agency responsible for leading the development of Caribbean tourism, has announced a highly focused CTO Aviation Committee to facilitate air transportation into and throughout the Caribbean and to enhance airlift. Particular emphasis will be placed on CTO member-countries.
Caribbean Tourism Organisation unveils new vision
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the international agency responsible for the development of Caribbean tourism, has a new vision. It is: “To position the Caribbean as the most desirable, year round, warm weather destination by 2017”.